Surah Az-Zumar, Ayah 25
Quran 39:25 · The Troops · Makki · Para 23 · Page 461
كَذَّبَ الَّذِیْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَاَتٰىهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَیْثُ لَا یَشْعُرُوْنَ ۟
Transliteration
Kaththaba allatheena minqablihim faatahumu alAAathabu min haythu layashAAuroon
Saheeh International
Those before them denied, and punishment came upon them from where they did not perceive.
Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir
The nations that were before these idolaters also denied, and thus the punishment came to them suddenly from where they did not perceive so as to prepare for it by repentance.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged)
Explains 39:24–39:26 together — read it on 39:24